Hotel Pulitzer

Hotel Pulitzer
Hotel front and canalboat The Tourist
Location within Amsterdam
General information
Location	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°22′3″N 4°53′40″E / 52.36750°N 4.89444°E / 52.36750; 4.89444
Opening	June 1, 1970
Design and construction
Developer	Howard Johnson's

Hotel Pulitzer is a five star luxury hotel in Amsterdam, located on the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht. The hotel consists of 25 historic canal houses from the 17th and 18th century, merged into one and opened as a hotel in 1970 after several canal houses were bought by Howard Johnson's.

In 1614, the commissioners began the new fortification with the allocation of plots in the area situated between the Keizersgracht and the Prinsengracht and Reestraat. A number of canal houses in this area was built by the Technical Union. The garden houses on the Prinsengracht and empty warehouses were used as storage facilities for the Technical Union.

In 1970, buildings were bought by hotel company Howard Johnson's, including nine buildings on the Prinsengracht (numbers 315-331), the pavilion of the Saxen Pennsylvania House and the two houses on the Keizersgracht with 176 rooms. The kitchen and restaurant are in the three houses on the Reestraat. On June 1, 1970, the Howard Johnson Hotel officially opened. After several years the hotel was named after Herbert Pulitzer, the then owner of the hotel and the grandson of Joseph Pulitzer.

By the end of 1975, the Pulitzer Hotel had expanded with two buildings, adding twenty new rooms and apartments. Six years later, a building at Reestraat was added and later extended back later with eight buildings on the Keizersgracht. In the mid 1990s, Herbert Pulitzer sold the hotel to the Italian hotel chain CIGA. By the end of 1996 CIGA was acquired by ITT Sheraton with the CIGA hotels forming the majority of Sheraton's exclusive tier, eventually renamed The Luxury Collection. In 1997 Sheraton sold a 75 percent to Hospitality Europe Holding BV, a company specializing in the operation of international hotels in Europe. The Hotel Pulitzer was managed until 2015 by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

Between 1998 and 2000 there was a complete renovation of the hotel and today it consists of 25 buildings with 230 rooms.

The Hotel Pulitzer has 230 rooms with contemporary furnishings and the bathrooms have heated marble floors. All of the rooms are non-smoking, in compliance with legal obligations in Amsterdam. The hotel has nine conference rooms, and the salons and reception facilities can accommodate up to 500 people. One of the rooms named "Saxenburgzaal" is decorated in elegant baroque furnishings, whilst the "Tuinzaal", decorated in the Art Nouveau style, overlooks the enclosed hotel gardens. The hotel regularly hosts wedding receptions in these rooms.